Phytopharmacy Research

The most prevalent issues in the world today are DM and its complexities. While it is not an infectious illness, diabetes is caused by a poor diet and bad eating behaviors. The causes of diabetes are unhealthy lifestyle habits, attributable to the inadequate insulin secretion of the pancreas and insulin receptor insensitivity, process wise it is induced. This results in improper metabolism of glucose and reuptake into the muscles. To control diabetes, various synthetic medications are used successfully. Because of the fear of having other complications, the medications have those side effects that keep their use restricted. In this view, various diseases were treated with herbs and medicinal plants and are found effective and safer too. There are several herbs that are still used to cure diabetes, and the precise mode of action of all those herbs has also been investigated and demonstrated. Chemical leads have been isolated from herbs and have been proven to be effective against diabetes. The tablet formulation has the potential to regulate the amount of blood sugar in diabetes caused by STZ in the current sample. This was prepared using Tribulus terrestris, Glycerrhia glabra, Ficus religiosa and Piper nigrum extracts and the anti-diabetic property tests indicated that the tablets displayed greater action compared to the normal and individual extracts.

In the last few years, there has been an exponential growth in the field of herbal medicine and gaining popularity both in developing and developed countries because of their natural origin and less side effects. A comprehensive review was conducted to pile up information about medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. It is a metabolic disorder of the endocrine system and affecting nearly 10% of the population all over the world also the number of those affected is increasing day by day. The profiles presented include information about the scientific and family name, plant parts and test model used.